Identifier: rinaldisguideboo00tamp (find matches)
Title: Rinaldi's guide book to the city of Tampa, containing map of the city, street car schedules, railroad and steamship timetables, points of interest, and commercial, historical, statistical and general information ..
Year: 1915 (1910s)
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Publisher: Tampa, Fla., Rinaldi printing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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tersupply is drawn from twenty-two artesian wells sunk to a depthof 130 feet below the surface, conducted to an underground re-ceiving reservoir and from there forced through the mains sup-plying the city. By this method the water is not exposed for aninstant in its long journey from the wells to the consumer, andbecause of these conditions there can be no contamination of thecity water of Tampa. Repeated chemical analyses have shownthe water to be especially pure, healthful and free of bacteria, orother injurious substances. Based on the rate Tampa now useswater,—4,500,000 gallons daily,—the maximum capacity of thepresent pumping plant and equipment of the Tampa WaterworksCo., estimated at 6,000,000,000 gallons yearly, will supply a cityof 200,000 population. The volume of water and pressure main-tained in the fire mains of the city has had much to do withlowering fire insurance rates in Tampa and is one of the directcauses of the wonderful efficiency of the city fire department.
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RIN AUDIS. GUIDE BOOK 51 Our Neighboring Towns FORT MEADE South of Bartow a few miles in the phosphate country islocated Fort Meade, a town that has increased in populationwonderfully during the past few years. Of the agriculturalcountry surrounding this town it has been said to be the best forgeneral farming in the State of Florida. The population is esti-mated at 3,000. It is reached from Tampa by Atlantic CoastLine via Lakeland, while a continuous chain of good roads viaPlant City, Lakeland and Bartow make the trip through thissection one of delight to the motorist. Other towns within thisgeneral neighborhood which can be visited with profit and en-joyment are Lake Alfred, Haines City, Dundee, Lake Wales,Avon Park, Loughman and Davenport. WINTER HAVEN Citrus fruit is the basis of wealth for the Winter Haven sec-tion. Within a radius of five miles of the town there are ap-proximately 9,000 acres of orange and grapefruit groves, andwithin the same radius there are ninety-seven clear,

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